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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0063 00256

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628267

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Chomphet (Luang Prabang)

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Lueng

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Medical Treatise

Copyist:

Anonymous

Place of copying:

Vat Pak Lueng, Chomphet district

Script:

Lao Buhan (Old Lao)

Writing support:

Mulberry paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

35.6 x 11.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

35.6 x 11.5 cm

Text block dimension:

33.1 x 9.5 cm

Number of pages:

34 pages

Number of blank pages:

8 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The text contains various kinds of medical herbs and healing process. The traditional medicine and the kinds of sickness which use the specific part of a plant or tree as medicine substances for curing. On the left margins of each leaf contain the text describing the kinds of sickness. Medical substances can use all parts of a plant or tree, for instance, the root, bark, leaf, flower, fruit, seed, and so forth. This medical treatise like this is mostly used by a practitioner of traditional medicine who also uses the medicine with magic spells while curing the patient.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

[ຕໍາລາຢາພື້ນເມືອງ]

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Tamlā yā bün müaṅ]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Traditional medical treatise]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao